Hat-fastener.



No. 640,642. Patented Ian. 2, I900. A. B. ENNS. HAT FASTENEB.

(Application filed Oct. 10, 1899.)

(No Model.)

PATENT ABRAHAM l3. ENNS, OF DALLAS, OREGON.

HAT'-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forining part of Letters Patent No. 640,642, dated January2, 1900. Application filed October 10, 1899. Serial No- 733,183. v (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM B. ENNS, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Dallas, in the county of Polk and State of Oregon,have invented a new and useful Hat-Pin, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to means for securing ladies hats to their heads.

It is a well-known fact that the common or ordinary hat-pin operatesonly ineffectually to properly secure a ladys hat and also defaces ormars the crown of the hat by reason of the holes or perforations made byinserting the pin at difierent places.

The object of the present invention is to provide an effective hatsecuring device which will efiectually obviate the disadvantages abovementioned. It is also designed to provide animproved locking disk orplate,

which is fixedly attached to the crown of a hat and directs the pinalways through the same opening, so as to prevent defacing of the hat,and also to provide an improved locking engagement between the hat-pinproper and the locking plate or disk and at the same time facilitatingthe application and removal of the pin.

vTo these ends the present invention consists in the combination andarrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shownin the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in theappended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, size,proportion, and minor details of construction may be made within theterms of the appended claims without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the applicationof the present invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional viewthereof. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view showing the head portion ofthe hat-' pin. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the locking plateor disk. Fig. 5 is a detail elevation showing the manner of mounting thelocking plate or disk. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of a portionof a hat-pin and showing a modification. I

Corresponding parts of the several figures of the drawings aredesignated by like charactors of reference.

Referring particularly to Fig. 3 of the ac companying drawings, 1designates the ordinary straight and pointed shank of the hatpin, havingan eye 15 at its head end, connected with which through the medium of anengaging eye 16 is a pendant 2. Adjacent to this head and projecting atsubstantially right angles to the shank of the pin and preferablyiu theplane of the eye 15 is a lateral lug or shoulder 3, which is adapted tocooperate with an improved locking-plate for the purpose of locking thepin to the hat.

The means for locking the hat-pin upon a hat comprises a plate 4,preferably of circular or disk-like form, ornamented in any pre-; ferredmanner and provided with a central perforation 5. Surrounding thisperforation or opening and located upon the outer face of the plate is aconvex cap 6, the inner side of which is closed by the plate and forms ahollow head. This cap or head is provided with a radial slot 7, havingits inner end located centrally of the head and alined with theperforation in the plate. This slot extends, preferably, upwardly towardthe pe ripheral edge of the head and is of a length and size to readilyreceive the lug or shoulder on the hat-pin, although, as will be seenfrom the following explanation, the slot may extend in anydircctionother than downwardly.

By reference particularly to Figs. 2 and 5 of the drawings it will beseen that the locking-plate is secured in place by means of pointedprongs 8, which are provided upon the reverse side of the plate and nearthe peripheral edge thereof. These prongs are forced through the crown 9of a hat, and the projecting ends thereof are embraced by a suitablering 10,the extremities of the prongs being bent outwardly so as tofirmly embrace the adjacent side of the ring, as indicated at 11. Thusit will be seen that the present locking-plate may be readily attachedto any hat without the employment of skilled labor orspecially-constructed implements.

In the operation of the device, the locking plate being positioned ashereinbefore described, the pointed end of the hat-pin is insertedthrough the inner end of the slot 7, the central perforation of theplate, the crown of the hat, and into the hair of the wearer, the lug 3passing through the slot 7 and into the interior of the hollow cap orhead 6, after which the pin is turned axially, so as to dispose the lugdownwardly and away from the slot, the weight of the pendant holding thehat-pin, with the lug, out of alinement with the slot, and thuspreventing it from being displaced longitudinally outward. It will benoted that the lateral lug 3 when inclosed within the hollow cap or headengages the opposite inner side thereof, so as to prevent accidentallongitudinal movement of the hatpin in opposite directions. To releasethe hatpin, it is simply necessary to give the pin an axial turn untilthe lug 3 is alined with the slot in the hollow head, when the pin maybe readily withdrawn.

From the foregoing description it will be evident that the hat-pin isalways inserted through the same opening and that as the locking-plateis formed of metal the perforation therein does not wear by repeatedapplications of the pin, and the latter is always maintained in acomparatively rigid position. It is preferable to provide the crown of ahat with a comparatively large opening 12, so as to obviate thenecessity of forcing the pin through the hat, although a smaller openingmay be employed. However, it is not essential that such an opening beprovided, as the hat-pin may be forced directly through the crown of ahat without affecting the locking of the device. The locklug-plateeffectively conceals whatever opening maybe formed in the crown of ahat, and being ornamental adds to the appearance thereof. It will alsobe understood that the lug and slot may have any desired location withrespect to each other so long as the lug will lie away from the slotunder the infiuence of the pendant.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings is shown a modification in which the pendantis omitted and a rigid head is substituted therefor, necessitating theturning of the pin and trying it to insure the proper position of thelug.

1337 reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings it will be seen that thelocking-plate fits flat against the exterior of one side of the crown ofthe hat and covers the opening 12 in the latter and that the prongs 8,which extend through the crown,also surround the opening 12.Furthermore, the ring 10 fits snugly the inner side of the crown,surrounds the opening therein, and also embraces the projecting ends ofthe prongs, whereby the crown is firmly clamped between thelocking-plate and the ring, so as to brace the crown and prevent thelatter from becoming broken by the repeated application of the hat-pin.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patout, is--- 1. The combination with a hat-pin, having alateral lug, of a fastening therefor, comprising a locking-plate, havingmeans for attachment to a hat, and provided with a perforation, and ahollow cap or head located upon the outer side of the plate, inclosingthe perforation, and having a slot alined with the said perforation, thehat-pin being received through the slot and the perforation, and the luginclosed within the cap or head, and out of alinement with the slot, theopposite inner sides of the cap or head engaging the lugand preventinglongitudinal movement of the pin in opposite directions.

2. In a fastening device of the class described, the combination with alocking-plate, having a central perforation, a hollow cap or headsurrounding said perforation, located upon the outer side of the plate,and provided with a radial slot having its inner end alined with thecentral perforation of the plate, pointed prongs projecting from therear side of the plate, and a ring adapted to embrace the prongs, andthe extremities of the latter adapted to be bent upon said ring, of a.pin having a lateral log or shoulder, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

3. The combination with a hat-pin, comprising a substantially longpoint-ed shank, having an intermediate lateral lug, and a pendantlocated at the outer end of the shank, of a locking-plate forapplication to a hat, and having a perforation, and a hollow cap or headlocated upon the outer side of the plate, inclosing the perforationtherein, and provided with a slot, the inner end of the latter beingalined with the perforation in the plate, the shank of the pin beingreceived through the slot and the perforation, the lug being inclosedwithin the hollow cap or head, and the pendant normally holding the lugout of alinement with the slot.

4. The combination with a looking-plate having a perforation and adaptedfor attachment to a hat, of a hollow cap surrounding the perforation andhaving a slot alined with the perforation, a pin adapted to pass throughthe slot and perforation, a lug upon the pin adapted to pass through theslot and lie within the inclosure of the cap, an eye upon the pin lyingat one side thereof, and a pendant connected with the eye and adapted tohold the lug out of alinement with the slot.

5. The combination with a hat, having a comparatively large openingformed in one side of the crown thereof, of a locking-plate fitted tothe exterior of the crown, covering the opening therein, and having aperforation alined with the opening in the crown and of smaller diameterthan said opening, a hollow cap or head located upon the outer side ofthe plate, inclosing the perforation therein, and provided with a slotalined with said perforation, and a plurality of fastening-prongsprojecting from the inner side of the plate, extending through the crownof the hat, and surrounding the opening therein, a ring fitting snuglythe inner side of the crown, encircling the opening therein, andembracing the prongs, the extremities of the latter being bent outwardlyand embracing the ring, and a hat-pin received through the slot, theperforation and the opening in the hat, and having a lateral lugreceived Within the hollow cap or head, in engagement with oppositeinner sides of the latter, and out of alinement with the slot. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ABRAHAM B. ENNS.

Witnesses:

HORT O. EAKIN, M. HAYTER.

